[BLOG] Some Friday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Acts of Minor Treason's Andrew Barton makes the point that the bashers of Toronto's streetcars know nothing of what they're talking about.


• James Bow lets us know that the official name of Burma is now the Republic and Union of Myanmar, a move apparently advised by (yet again) astrologers.


• Geocurrents highlights an excellent map of the Middle East by religion, using a fine detail that transcends relatively simplistic divisions.


• Savage Minds' Rex summarizes the latest findings on the debate as to whether Margaret Mead (as alleged) misunderstood Samoa completely in her famous ethnography. Leaving the dodginess of her accuser aside, the Samoans' changing perception of their past after their Christianization counts.
  
• Slap Upside the Head celebrates the news that the city of Moscow has been fined by the European Court of Human Rights for arbitrarily banning Pride.


• Spacing Toronto's Eric Mutrie explores in depth the Kensington Market's Baldwin Street.


• Towleroad points out that the coverage of gay teen suicides has little to do with a surge but rather with increased attention to the issue and new concern.